Lock mechanism for seat slide device and assembling method thereof
US6981681B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 14, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60N2/0843
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A seat slide device includes a lock mechanism swingably supported to a bracket and having a lock piece with lock pawls rotatively biased by a coil spring and engaged/disengaged from lock openings of a lower rail, a spring protrusion formed with the bracket and catching one end of the coil spring, a lock releasing lever formed with the lock piece and catching another end of the coil spring, and a provisional spring protrusion formed with the lock piece and located in the neighborhood of the spring protrusion and catching one end of the coil spring provisionally.
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